How Developers Balance Speed and Quality

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Developers are often only as good as their access to resources and tools. Therefore, it's important that testing be compatible with any combination of open source tools already being used by development teams. Open source performance testing is designed to fit into workflows that are already in place, so as to not disrupt the process and making it so that less upfront work is needed to correctly implement. For example, BlazeMeter works out of the box with Jenkins and other continuous integration servers and with nine open source testing tools, including JMeter, Selenium, Gatling, Locust, Tsung and The Grinder.

When implementing new technology, there is often the expectation that the faster new innovations can be released, the better. Today's modern DevOps teams look for additional ways to automate and streamline the development process, in light of the rising pressure to innovate at a faster pace.

But oftentimes, speed comes at a price. New capabilities are not always bug-free the first time, which means taking the time to step back and make sure that the quality of the finished product is of a standard acceptable to your user base.

So how does a developer balance the pressure for speed with the need to ensure quality? There are multiple tactics and processes that go into ensuring that an application can work seamlessly, or handle a certain spike in usage or traffic pattern. With the help of the performance testing experts at BlazeMeter, we share common best practices for striking an appropriate balance to ensure that speed and quality is not an either/or choice.